Chapter II: Preface (2)

Analysis of actinolite, _H. Seybert_, vi, 331. ---- albite of Chesterfield, xxx, 381. ---- Allanite, xxviii, 394. ---- ----, of Monroe, N. Y., _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 37. ---- alum, of Milo, _C. U. Shepard_, xvi, 203. ---- anatase, xlvii, 215. ---- apophyllite from the Tyrol, and Greenland, vii, 370. ---- argentine, _C. Dewey_, vi, 333. ---- arragonite, _M. Stromeyer_, vii, 368. ---- arsenical iron (Danaite,) _A. A. Hayes_, xxiv, 386. ---- ashes of two pines, xxvi, 182. ---- basalt, iv, 230. ---- Beaumontite, _M. A. Delesse_, xlvii, 216. ---- ----, _C. T. Jackson_, xlvii, 337. ---- bile, xviii, 162. ---- bismuth, carbonate of, xviii, 391. ---- ----, cobalt ore, xiii, 187. ---- bog ore, N. Jersey, _H. Seybert_, viii, 298. ---- bones, xlvii, 131, 419; xlviii, 99, 186. ---- borate of lime, native, _A. A. Hayes_, xlvii, 215. ---- Brewsterite, xx, 198. ---- brine springs of New York, _G. Chilton_, vii, 345. ---- Brucite, see _Chondrodite_. ---- bronzite, _T. G. Clemson_, xxiv, 170. ---- cacoxenite, xviii, 391. ---- calcareous minerals, determination of carbonic acid in, _J. L. Smith_, xlv, 262.^f ---- calculi, _J. F. Dana_, iv, 149. ---- ----, urinary, xvii, 190. ---- calstronbarite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiv, 161. ---- Catlinite, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxv, 388; xxxvii, 393. ---- celestine, iv, 324; vii, 369. ---- chabazite, _C. Cramer_, xxx, 366. ---- chlorophyllite, xlvi, 377. ---- chromic iron, of Maryland, _H. Seybert_, iv, 321. ---- ---- ----, from Cuba, _R. C. Taylor_, xxxviii, 243. ---- chrysoberyl, of Haddam, _H. Seybert_, viii, 105. ---- cinnamon stone, of Ceylon, xiv, 204. ---- clinkstone, xix, 380. ---- coal, _W. R. Johnson_, xxxviii, 382; xxxix, 139; xlix, 166. ---- ---- of Maryland, _Ducatel_ and _Alexander_, xxvii, 31. ---- ---- of Virginia, xlii, 369. ---- ---- of Pennsylvania, _W. Meade_, xiii, 32. ---- cobalt and nickel ores of Chatham, _A. A. Hayes_, xxi, 195. ---- cobalt ores, _Wöhler_, xxxvi, 332. ---- colophonite, v, 113. ---- columbite, Rose, xlix, 228. ---- copper, native of New Jersey, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 107. ---- ----, red oxyd, New Jersey, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 107. ---- ----, bisilicate, _L. C. Beck_, xxxvi, 107. ---- ----, gray sulphuret, N. Jersey, xxxvi, 107. ---- coprolites, _S. L. Dana_, xlviii, 46. ---- couzeranite, xvii, 183. ---- cyanogen, _R. Hare_, xv, 271.^f ---- Danaite, _A. A. Hayes_, xxiv, 386. ---- Danburite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxv, 137. ---- Davyne, xi, 255. ---- Deweylite, _C. U. Shepard_, xviii, 81. ---- ----, _T. Thomson_, xxxi, 173. ---- dioptase, _Damour_, xlvii, 216. ---- dolomite, iv, 17. ---- dreelite, xxx, 380. ---- Emmonite, _T. Thomson_, xxxi, 171. ---- eupyrchroite, _L. C. Beck_, xl, 77. ---- feldspar from Bytown, L. C., _T. Thomson_, xxxi, 173. ---- ----, containing titanium, xii, 187. ---- garnet, manganesian of Haddam, Ct., _H. Seybert_, vi, 155. ---- gaseous mixtures, _R. Hare_, xv, 279, 283. ---- gastric juice, by _Braconnot_, xxx, 378. ---- gigantolite, xlii, 387. ---- glaucolite, xv, 387. ---- Gmelinite, _A. Connell_, xxxv, 195. ---- gold of Georgia, _W. W. Mather_, xxvii, 255. ---- ----, containing rhodium, from Mexico, xi, 298. ---- grains, cereal, _C. T. Jackson_, and _A. A. Hayes_, xlv, 339. ---- guano, _J. E. Teschemacher_, xlviii, 181. ---- ----, _Girardin_ and _Bidard_, xlviii, 181. ---- ----, _W. Francis_, xlviii, 182. ---- ----, _J. D. Smith_, xlviii, 183. ---- ----, xlix, 200, 391. ---- Haydenite, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlvi, 380. ---- heavy Spar, _G. T. Bowen_, iv, 325. ---- heterosite, xix, 371. ---- Holmesite, _T. Thomson_, xxxi, 172. ---- hops, vi, 393. ---- Hudsonite, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 32. ---- Humboldtilite, xi, 251. ---- huraulite, xix, 371. ---- hydrate of magnesia, Hoboken, vii, 370. ---- hydraulic limestones, _L. C. Beck_; xlvi, 29. ---- hydroboracite, xxviii, 394. ---- hydromagnesite, of Hoboken, _M. Wachtmeister_, xviii, 167. ---- hydrous anthophyllite of N. York, _T. Thomson_, xix, 359. ---- hypersthene of N. York, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 35. ---- idocrase, _T. Richardson_, xxxviii, 120. ---- indigo, xviii, 241. ---- iolite, xlvi, 383. ---- iron, supposed native of Bedford Co. Pa., xiv, 183. ---- iron ore of Pennsylvania, _W. R. Johnson_, xxxviii, 383; xxxix, 142. ---- iron ore, bog, in New Jersey, _H. Seybert_, viii, 298. ---- iron, native phosphate, of Cornwall, vii, 369. ---- iron, titanic, of Baltimore, _T. G. Clemson_, xvii, 42. ---- isopyre, xv, 388. ---- kerolite, of Westchester, N. Y., _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 34. ---- kyanite, _C. H. Rockwell_, xlvi, 383. ---- lampblack, xi, 387. ---- Latrobite, _Gmelin_, ix, 329. ---- lead, native carbonate, of Davidson Co., N. C., xli, 350. ---- ----, cupreous sulphato-carbonate of, iv, 29. ---- ---- ore, agentiferous of Lane's mine, Ct., _W. W. Mather_, xxvii, 256. ---- Ledererite, _A. A. Hayes_, xxv, 80. ---- lepidolite, _Gmelin_, ix, 329. ---- Maclureite, _H. Seybert_, v, 336. ---- magnesian hydrate of silica, _P. T. Tyson_, xviii, 79. ---- ---- ibid, _C. U. Shepard_, xviii, 81. ---- magnesite, hard, of Baumgarten, vii, 368. ---- manganese ores, _M. Berthier_, vii, 366. ---- marl from Farmington, Ct., _E. Hitchcock_, xxxvi, 176. ---- ---- from New Jersey, xvii, 277. ---- ---- from Ashley river, S. Carolina, _J. L. Smith_, xlviii, 101. ---- marmolite, _T. Nuttall_, iv, 17, 19. ---- Masonite, _C. T. Jackson_, xl, 186; xlviii, 218. ---- melanite of Franklin furnace, N. _J., H. Seybert_, viii, 300. ---- Menardite, xii, 386. ---- meteoric iron of Canaan, Ct., _C. U. Shepard_, xii, 155. ---- ---- ---- from Claiborne, Alabama, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxiv, 332; xlviii, 145. ---- ---- ---- ibid, _A. A. Hayes_, xlviii, 147. ---- ---- ---- of Oswego, N. Y., _C. U. Shepard_, xl, 366. ---- ---- ---- from Guilford Co., N. Carolina, _C. U. Shepard_, xl, 369. ---- ---- ---- from Buncombe Co., N. Carolina, xxxvi, 81. ---- ---- ---- from Maryland, Feb. 1825, _G. Chilton_, x, 131. ---- ---- ---- from Virginia, _C. U. Shepard_, xvi, 191. ---- ---- ---- from Tennessee, of 1827, xvii, 326. ---- ---- ---- from Tennessee, _G. Troost_, xxxviii, 250. ---- ---- ---- from Tennessee, _C. U. Shepard_, xliii, 354. ---- ---- ---- from Texas, _C. U. Shepard_, xvi, 217. ---- meteorite of Juvenas, France, 1821, vi, 397. ---- ---- South African Cold Bokkeveld, xxxvii, 190. ---- ---- France, Chateau Renard, xlii, 403. ---- ---- of U. States, in Maine, August, 1823, ix, 400. ---- ---- ----, in Connecticut, Weston, i, 273. ---- mica yellow and lepidolite, xxxvii, 361. ---- microlite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxii, 338; xliii, 119. ---- ----, _A. A. Hayes_, xliii, 33; xlvi, 158. ---- mineral waters, see Analysis of _waters_, below. ---- molybdena, _H. Seybert_, iv, 320. ---- mud, New Haven harbor, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 337. ---- Murchisonite, xv, 386. ---- needle ore, xxviii, 395. ---- nephrite, _G. T. Bowen_, v, 346. ---- olefiant gas, _R. Hare_, xv, 270. ---- olivine, ix, 379; xiii, 184. ---- organic compounds, determination of nitrogen in, xlv, 267. ---- Oxahverite, xv, 387. ---- pennine, xlvii, 216. ---- Pickeringite, _A. A. Hayes_, xlvi, 360. ---- picropharmacolite, vii, 368. ---- platina of Russia, _J. Berzelius_, xviii, 162. ---- polymignite, xviii, 392. ---- pollen, _M. Prinsep_, xviii, 402. ---- pyrargillite, _M. Nordenskiöld_, xxvi, 387. ---- pyrochlore, xviii, 392. ---- ----, _M. Wöhler_, xliii, 35. ---- ----, _A. A. Hayes_, xlvi, 163. ---- pyromorphite, _C. Kersten_, xxii, 307. ---- pyrophyllite, xviii, 392. ---- pyroxene, Franklin Iron works, _H. Seybert_, v, 113; vii, 145. ---- Rensselaerite, xl, 77. ---- rhodium gold, of Mexico, xi, 298. ---- sea water, near Brighton, xxxviii, 12. ---- seleniuret of lead, xviii, 391. ---- ---- ---- and mercury, xviii, 391. ---- serpentine marble, Vt., _C. T. Jackson_, xxxviii, 198. ---- Seybertite, _T. G. Clemson_, xxiv, 171. ---- shells, _W. B. Rogers_, xxvi, 361. ---- Sillimanite, _G. T. Bowen_, viii, 113. ---- Sillimanite, xlvi, 382; xlviii, 219. ---- ----, _T. Thomson_, xlix, 396. ---- Sismondine, _M. Delesse_, xlvii, 217. ---- soda alum of Milo, _C. U. Shepard_, xvi, 203. ---- spathic iron, _T. G. Clemson_, xxiv, 170. ---- spodumene, Sweden, vii, 371. ---- steatitic pseudomorphs, _L. C. Beck_, xlvi, 35. ---- ---- ----, _C. Dewey_, vi, 333. ---- Steinheilite, iv, 377. ---- stellite of Bergen Hill, xliv, 54; xlvi, 35. ---- strontian, sulphate, _G. T. Bowen_, iv, 324. ---- tabular spar, _H. Seybert_, v, 113. ---- ---- ----, from the Bannat, vii, 370. ---- talc, from Chamouni, xlvii, 216. ---- titanic iron, from near Baltimore, _T. G. Clemson_, xvii, 42. ---- topaz, of Huntington, Ct., x, 352. ---- tourmaline, xiv, 384; xv, 389. ---- triphyline, xxviii, 394. ---- tungstate of lime, _G. T. Bowen_, v, 118. ---- upas, juice of, xxxix, 206. ---- uranite, _R. Phillips_, vii, 380. ---- Vulpinite, _M. Vauquelin_, vii, 368. ---- wacke, i, 296. ---- Warwickite, _C. U. Shepard_, xxxiv, 313; xxxvi, 85. ---- water of the Rio Vinagre, _M. Boussingault_, xxiv, 149. ---- ---- of spouting fountain of Naples, xxv, 195. ---- ---- of Black Sea, xx, 188. ---- ---- of Dead Sea, _B. Silliman, Jr._, xlviii, 10. ---- ---- of sea near Brighton, _G. Schweitzer_, xxxviii, 12. ---- ---- of Scott Spring, Va., _C. B. Hayden_, xliv, 409. ---- ---- of mineral spring near Albany, _W. Meade_, xiii, 145. ---- ---- ----, the Clinton, _G. Chilton_, xviii, 346. ---- ----, from the Azores, _C. T. Jackson_, xxxi, 94, 96. ---- ---- sulphur, of Virginia, _C. U. Shepard_, xxx, 100. ---- wines of Palestine, _E. Hitchcock_, xlvi, 249. ---- ----, _L. C. Beck_, xxviii, 42. ---- Wörthite, _M. Hess_, xxvi, 387. ---- xanthite, xviii, 359; xxvi, 388. ---- zinc, red oxide, _A. A. Hayes_, xlviii, 261.

Analysis of square numbers, _A. D. Wheeler_, xxv, 87.

Analytical geometry, _C. Wilder_, xx, 285.^f

Anamitic and Latin Dictionary of Taberd, xl, 43.

Anastatic printing, xlix, 401.

Anatase, analysis and crystals of, xlvii, 215.^f

Anauxite, analysis of, xlii, 386.

Ancram lead mine, notice of, _C. A. Lee_, viii, 247.

Ancramite, v, 235, 399. ----, shown to be of furnace origin and identical with cadmia, vi, 180.

Andalusite, crystal from Westford, Mass., xlvi, 381.^f ----, in Connecticut, vi, 176, 236. ----, in Massachusetts, x, 394; xlvi, 381.^f

Andes, general features of, xvii, 47. ----, winds at the summit of, xxviii, 310. ---- of Peru, character of, xviii, 182. ----, highest habitations in, xviii, 183. ----, height of the principal peaks of, xviii, 183. ----, Mexican, ascent of the summit of Popocatepetl, xxviii, 220.

_Andre_, Major, Notice of a sketch of, by himself, ix, 395.

Angelicic acid, xlvii, 196.

_Anglada's_ deductions respecting mineral springs, v, 187.

Animals, living, found in stones and wood, notice of a work on, xii, 395. ----, growth of vegetables on living, by _S. L. Mitchill_, xii, 21. ----, dead, means of employing, _M. Payen_, xxiv, 326. ---- produced by galvanism, see _Acarus_.

Animal fibrine, albumen and caseine, isomeric with vegetable fibrine, _Scheerer_, xliii, 402. ---- organs, action of barytes, strontian, chrome, &c. on, xiii, 178. ---- magnetism in France, v, 192. ---- ----, notice of a work on, by _Dupau_, xiii, 175.

Animalcules in snow, xviii, 56.

Animalcules, see _Infusoria_.

Animation suspended, iv, 393; xxxiii, 292.

Animation suspended by drowning, _L. W. Smith_, v, 125.

Annals of the New York Lyceum, see _Lyceum_.

Annelids in the slabs of Waterville, Maine, xli, 163.

Anniversary, centennary, of the American Philosophical Society,
Proceedings of, xlv, 231.

Antarctic regions, discoveries in, by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, xl, 394. ---- seas, Expeditions to, xxxv, 306.

_Anthony, J. G._, Calymene Bucklandii, a new species of trilobite, xxxvi, 106.^f ----, fossil encrinite from near Cincinnati, xxxv, 359.^f

Anthophyllite in Canada, viii, 69. ---- in Connecticut, xvii, 144. ---- in Massachusetts, ix, 248.

Anthophyllum, xvii, 288; xviii, 249^f;
xxix, 150.^f

Anthracite, see _Coal_.

Antigua, petrified wood of, i, 56.

Antimony, test for minute quantities of, xliv, 13. ----, a mode of separating from lead, brass, &c., xv, 188. ----, separation of, from tin, _Gay Lussac_, xxvii, 197. ----, gray, locality of, in Lyme, N. H., xlix, 228. ----, ----, ibid, in Connecticut, xii, 156. ---- and lead, sulphuret, xxx, 177.

Antimonial nickel, a new mineral species, xxviii, 395.

Antiparos, description of the grotto of, xvi, 335.

Antiquarian Society, American, notice of, xviii, 136. ---- ----, ----, transactions of, iii, 357.

Antiquaries, Northern, circular of, xl, 212. ----, ----, notice of, xl, 403; xlii, 214.

Antiquities, North American, xxxiv, 47.

Antiquities, North American, notice of a work on, xxxi, 408. ----, Celtic, of America, by _J. Finch_, vii, 149.

Antiquities, Peruvian, xvii, 116.^f

Ants, habits of, xiii, 177.

Apalachian Chain, see _Appalachian_.

Apatite, in Canada, viii, 71. ----, in Connecticut, xii, 161. ----, in Delaware, xiv, 11. ----, in Maryland, v, 256. ----, in Massachusetts, vii, 254; viii, 36; xii, 260. ----, in New Jersey, v. 244. ----, in New York, i, 236; v, 28; ix, 244, 402; xxi, 328, 330; xxiii, 403; xlvi, 34, 366.^f ----, in Pennsylvania, ix, 45, 246; x, 222; xiv, 6, 8, 13, 14. ----, in Rhode Island, xl, 185. ----, account of, from St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., xlvi, 34. ----, distorted or rounded crystals, xiv, 143; xlvi, 366.^f

Apocrenic acid, _Berzelius_, xxviii, 121.

Apophyllite from Tyrol and Greenland, analysis of, vii, 370. ----, of New Jersey and New York, _L. C. Beck_, xliv, 56. ----, localities of, in Connecticut, vi, 225. ----, ----, in New Jersey, xl, 69; xliv, 54. ----, ----, in New York, xliv, 56. ----, ----, in Nova Scotia, xxx, 345, 348.

Appalachian chain, physical structure of, _H. D._ and _W. B. Rogers_,
xliii, 177; xliv, 359.
---- ----, in Maryland, notices and geological sections,
_W. E. A. Aikin_, xxvi, 219.^f

Apparatus, chemical, for the combustion of metals in chlorine, _R. Hare_, xiv, 354.^f ----, ----, for procuring nitrogen, _R. Hare_, xiv, 356,^f xxviii, 263.^f ----, ----, for experimenting with carbonic acid gas, _R. Hare_, xiv, 358.^f ----, ----, substitute for Woulfe's bottles, _R. Hare_, i, 410^f; xiii, 1.^f ----, ----, for regulating the supply of gas by its absorption, _R. Hare_, xiii, 2.^f ----, ----, cold by the palm glass, _R. Hare_, xiii, 4.^f ----, ----, for showing the effect of a relaxation of pressure on capacity for heat, _R. Hare_, xiii, 5.^f ----, ----, for illustrating capacities for heat, _R. Hare_, xiii, 6.^f ---- for separating carbonic oxide from carbonic acid, _R. Hare_, xxiv, 252.^f ---- for producing ebullition by cold, _R. Hare_, xxxiii, 218.^f ---- for deflagrating carburets, phosphurets, &c., in vacuo, xl, 303.^f ---- for freezing water by means of sulphuric acid, _R. Hare_, xxvii, 132.^f ---- for obtaining specific gravity of gases, _R. Hare_, xvi, 293, 295.^f ---- for transferring or decanting liquids, _R. Hare_, xxvi, 358.^f ---- for the evolution of prussic acid, _R. Hare_, xxix, 244.^f ---- for evolving silicon from fluo-silicic acid, _R. Hare_, xxiv, 247.^f ---- for decomposition and recomposition of water, xxxviii, 336.^f ---- galvano-ignition, xxvi, 352^f; xxxii, 282. ---- for solidifying carbonic acid, _J. Johnston_, xxxviii, 297^f; xlii, 203. ---- for illustrating absorption of heat, _A. D. Bache_, xxviii, 320.^f ----, hydrogen gas, vii, 392. ---- ---- self-regulating reservoir, _R. Hare_, xi, 140.^f ---- for experiments on inflection and interference of light and caustics, _E. S. Snell_, xlix, 24,^f 26.^f ---- for illustrating waves, _E. S. Snell_, xlix, 20.^f ---- volumeter, _R. Hare_, xii, 36.^f ---- volumescope, _R. Hare_, xv, 275^f; xxviii, 264.^f ----, electrical, see _Electric_. ----, electro-magnetic, see _Electro-magnetic_. ----, eudiometric, see _Eudiometry_.

Apprentices, manufactory of, iv, 379.

Aqueducts, on the Roman, _M. Genieys_, xix, 389.

Arabia, notice of a memoir on the province of Omán in, xxxii, 383.

Arabic words in English, _J. W. Gibbs_, xxxiii, 324.

Ararat, Mount, extinct volcano near, xxxvii, 349.

Araucanian races, remarks on, _S. G. Morton_, xxxviii, 341.^f

Arch, some properties of a rampant, _T. Gorton_, xxvii, 303.^f

Arches, method of describing curves for, _J. Thomson_, xxiv, 73.^f ----, on tracing oval, _E. Miller_, xxii, 303.^f

Archæologia Americana, iii, 357.

Archimedes, on the spiral of, by _A. B. Quinby_, ix, 316.^f

Archimedes, a fossil coral, _D. D. Owen_, xliii, 19.^f

Architecture, notes on, xxiv, 257.^f ----, in the United States, xvii, 99, 249^f; xviii, 11, 212. ----, Grecian style, the propriety of its application to modern uses, xviii, 218. ----, Gothic style, notice of, xviii, 220.

Architectural improvements, _E. Lord_, xxv, 304. ---- monuments, xviii, 229.

Arctic regions, sketch of geology of, xvii, 1.

Argentine, notice of, _C. Dewey_, vii, 248. ----, analysis of, _C. Dewey_, vi, 333. ----, locality of, in Massachusetts, viii, 34.

Argento-cyanate of silver, for fulminating silver, xviii, 335.

Argento-cyanic acid, xviii, 334.

Argillaceous slate, in western Massachusetts, viii, 18, 21, 29.

Argillite, of the Connecticut valley, account of, vi, 35.

Aristotle, notice of, _C. Fox_, xxxvi, 217.

Armature, see _Electro-magnet_, and _Magnet_.

Arragonite, analysis of, _M. Stromeyer_, vii, 368. ----, in Canada, viii, 70. ----, in New York, xxi, 326; xxviii, 172.^f ----, of New Jersey, _J. Finch_, xviii, 197.

Arragonite and calc spar, _Becquerel_, xxiii, 387.

Arsenic, on the detection of, _L. Feuchtwanger_, xix, 339.^f ----, application of Riench's test, _D. P. Gardner_, xliv, 240. ----, on the detection of, _J. L. Smith_, xl, 278; xlii, 75.^f ----, tests for, iii, 354; iv, 155; xliv, 213. ----, on the iodide of potassium a test for, _J. P. Emmet_, xviii, 58. ----, tobacco a remedy for, xxxi, 188. ----, oxide of iron an antidote for, xxviii, 135. ----, effect of, on vegetation, _Daubeny_, xxxi, 346.

Arsenical iron, in N. York, xxi, 326. ---- ----, (Danaite) in N. Hampshire, analysis of, _A. A. Hayes_, xxiv, 386. ---- ---- ----, identical with mispickel, xlvi, 384.^f

Arsenious acid and sulphuric, a new compound of, xli, 47.

Artesian wells, see _Wells_.

Artificial minerals, _A. Crosse_, xxxi, 374. ---- diamond, pretended, xvi, 394. ---- feldspar, xxviii, 396. ---- sulphate of lime with half an atom of water, _J. F. W. Johnston_, xxxv, 300. ---- minerals, produced by heat, x, 190. ---- oxyd of iron, about furnaces, xxxvi, 237. ---- mineral waters, _S. Morey_, iii, 94.

Asbestus, in Connecticut, i, 354. ----, in Maryland, xviii, 80. ----, in Massachusetts, i, 114; viii, 47. ----, in New Hampshire, vi, 245. ----, in N. York, i, 237; ix, 40, 252. ----, in Pennsylvania, x, 221. ----, in Vermont, v, 40; vi, 249. ----, in anthracite, i, 243, 244. ----, covering for firemen, xviii, 177; xx, 96.^f

Asclepias, on the fibre of, xxviii, 380.

Ashes, shower of, at Vesuvius, iii, 374. ----, volcanic, at sea, west of the Philippines, _P. Parker_, xl, 198. ----, of two pines, composition of, xxvi, 182. ----, spontaneous combustion in, _O. P. Hubbard_, xlii, 166. ----, combustibility of, _J. T. Plummer_, xlii, 167; xliii, 80. ----, various properties of, _J. T. Plummer_, xliii, 85.

Asia, geology of the Deccan, xxxiii, 274. ----, Caucasus range and Persia, geology of, mines, salt, naphtha springs, &c. of, xxxvii, 348. ----, Catacecaumene, xxxiii, 95; xxxviii, 207. ----, shores of Black sea, xxxii, 399. ----, volcanoes of the continent and islands, in a review of _Daubeny_, xiii, 290.

Asparagin, xx, 187.

Aspartic acid, xvii, 173.

Asparagus, aspartic acid from, xvii, 173.

Asphaltic mastic, xxxiv, 383.

Assafetida, sulphur in, xv, 185.

Association, British, for the promotion of science, plan of, xxi, 373.
----, ----, notice of the meeting in 1832, xxiii, 179;
1833, xxv, 411;
1834, xxviii, 55;
1835, xxix, 347;
1836, xxxi, 332;
1837, xxxiii, 265; xxxiv, 1;
1838, xxxv, 275;
1839, xxxviii, 93;
1840, xl, 308;
1841, xli, 391; xlii, 147;
1842, xliii, 367; xliv, 158, 351;
1843, xlvi, 388; xlvii, 182.
----, ----, notice of Prof. _Whewell's_ address at 11th meeting,
xli, 391.
----, ----, invitation from, to American men of science, xxxviii, 406.
----, scientific, or a Congress of Savans at Berlin, 1828, xvi, 386.
----, ----, in Germany, in 1830, xx, 175.
---- of American geologists in 1840, xxxix, 189;
in 1841, xli, 158;
1842, xliii, 146;
1843, xlv, 135, 310;
1844, xlvii, 94;
1845, xlix, 219.
---- ---- ----, address before, by _E. Hitchcock_, xli, 232.
---- ---- ----, ibid, by _B. Silliman_, xliii, 217.
---- ---- ----, address before, by _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 137, 247.
---- ---- ----, constitution and by-laws of, xliii, 149.
---- ---- ----, publication of transactions of, xlv, 220.

Asteroid, see _Shooting star_.

Astronomy, state of, among the Zabians, _J. W. Draper_, xxviii, 203. ----, on the resistance in space to motion of heavenly bodies, xvii, 389. ----, ibid., _R. W. Haskins_, xxxiii, 1. ----, idea of ether in space, when introduced, xxxiii, 1. ----, theory of _Descartes_, xxxiii, 3.

Astronomical clock, Prof. _Bessel_, xliv, 160. ---- ----, on the stopping of, by _W. Howard_, viii, 277. ---- machine, for representing the motions of the earth and moon, _E. C. Leedom_, xlii, 338.^f ---- observatory, to be erected at Abo in Finland, iv, 386. ---- observations on Saturn, Jupiter and his satellites, by Prof. _Struve_, xiii, 172. ---- ---- at the Cape of Good Hope, _Herschel's_, xxxv, 283. ---- ---- and observatory, at Rome, _P. F. de Vico_, xliv, 373. ---- ---- at the observatory of Pulkova, xlvii, 88.

Atlantic steam navigation, _J. Smith_, xxxv, 160. ---- coast, gales of, see under _Winds_.

Atlas, white race of, xxxii, 400.

_Atlee, W. L._, on certain cavities in quartz, xxxv, 139.^f

Atmometer, a new, vi, 382.

Atmosphere, analysis of, _M. Brunner_, xxiii, 280.^f ----, composition of, xvii, 382. ----, on the carbonic acid of, from a memoir by _Saussure_, xvi, 214. ----, quantity of carbonic acid in, xx, 183. ----, carbonic acid in, _W. H. Watson_, xxviii, 71. ----, pressure of, v, 174; xxiv, 174. ----, compression of, in a mine of Bovey coal, xvii, 38. ----, annual movement in, xlii, 158. ----, extent of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 123. ----, height of, at the equator, _J. P. Espy_, xxxix, 120. ----, general view of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 50; average velocity of wind near the surface of the ocean, 52; temperature of elevation, 52. ----, effect of the rarefaction of, on its desiccation and refrigeration, xl, 44; formation of clouds a consequence of, 44. ----, luminous appearance in, iv, 341. ----, Prof. _Lloyd_ on the clearness of, at times, xxxiv, 7. ----, deductions with regard to the moon's influence on, xv, 174. ----, mercurial, iii, 386. ----, temperature of, see _Meteorology_ and _Temperature_. ----, during the coal period, _H. D. Rogers_, xlvii, 105. ----, of the planets, remarks on, xxv, 183.

Atmospheric air, on the dilatation of, _V. Regnault_, xliv, 63. ---- pressure, see _Barometer_. ---- tides, ix, 195. ---- dust, by _C. S. Rafinesque_, i, 397. ---- ----, reply to _C. S. Rafinesque_, ii, 134. ---- currents, see _winds_.

Atomic weights of bodies, _Dr. Thomson_ engaged in determining, iii, 396. ---- ----, _Turner's_ opinions respecting, xxviii, 70. ---- ----, observations on, Prout's hypothesis of, _J. J. Berzelius_, xlviii, 369. ---- ----, not multiples of that of hydrogen, xlvii, 187. ---- ---- of lead, sulphur, nitrogen and carbon, _Clark_, xxxviii, 119. ---- ---- of hydrogen, chlorine, potassium, calcium, glucinum, silver, uranium, cerium and lanthanum, xlvii, 188. ---- ---- of elements, _Marchand_ and _Erdmann_, --oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, calcium, chlorine, silver, lead, xliv, 215; of copper, mercury and sulphur, xlviii, 402. ---- theory, account of, by _J. Finch_, xiv, 24.

Atom, idea of, _J. D. Whelpley_, xlviii, 352. ----, _R. Hare_, on the views of Faraday, xlviii, 247. ----, nature of the crystalline, _J. D. Dana_, xxx, 275.^f

Attraction in liquids, inquiries into the principles of, xvii, 86.^f ----, chemical, modified by quantity of matter, _E. Mitchell_, xvi, 234. ----, magnetic, see _Magnetic_.

_Atwater, C._, prairies and barrens of the west, i, 116. ----, geology, mineralogy, botany, &c. of Belmont Co., Ohio, i, 226. ----, prevailing winds of Ohio and the west, i, 276. ----, on the geology, climate and diseases, &c. of Ohio, xi, 224.

_Audubon_, work on the birds of N. America, xvi, 353. ----, ---- ----, notice of, xlii, 130.

Augite, of Willsboro, New York, analysis of, _H. Seybert_, v, 113. ----, analysis of, _H. Seybert_, vii, 145. ----, in Connecticut, ii, 238; vi, 225; viii, 258; xii, 169. ----, in Maryland, xviii, 79. ----, in Massachusetts, i, 436; vii, 52; viii, 47; ix, 43; xii, 157. ----, in New Jersey, v, 243, 246; vi, 250. ----, in New York, viii, 88; ix, 244, 250; xix, 224; xxv, 347. ----, in Pennsylvania, viii, 239; xiv, 13, 17.

_Augur, H._, an American sculptor, notice of, ix, 173.

Aurora Australis, Pacific, S. lat., 58°, seen by _Capt. Cook_, Feb.,
1773, xviii, 75.

Aurora Borealis, seen in Brit. America, _Capt. Parry_, xiv, 96; xvi, 148. ---- ---- ----, _Capt. Franklin_, 1820, xxxiv, 289. ---- ---- ----, Sept., 1827, xiv, 105.^f ---- ---- in Canada, Kingston, and elsewhere, _R. H. Bonnycastle_, Dec. 11, 1835, xxx, 131.^f ---- ---- ---- at Toronto, May 8, 1836, _R. H. Bonnycastle_, xxxii, 393.^f ---- ---- ---- at Toronto, May, 1840, xl, 337. ---- ---- in Denmark, Sept. 1827, xiv, 107. ---- ---- in Faroe and Shetland, viii, 392. ---- ---- in France, Sept., 1827, xiv, 107. ---- ---- ----, Aug., 1827, xv, 199. ---- ---- ----, Feb. 18, 1837, xxxii, 396. ---- ---- ----, Jan. 7, 1831, xx, 396. ---- ---- ----, April 1837, xxxiv, 285. ---- ---- ----, Oct., 1836, xxxiv, 288. ---- ---- ----, Aug. 19, 1726, xxix, 388. ---- ---- in Great Britain, in 1814, 1816 and 1819, xiv, 96. ---- ---- ----, Aug., 1827, xiv, 95. ---- ---- ----, Gosport, Sept., 1827, xiv, 108. ---- ---- ----, Feb. 18, 1837, London, xxxii, 396. ---- ---- ----, Nov. 1837, xxxiv, 283. ---- ---- ----, from Huxham's Auroral Register, 1728-1748, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiii, 297. ---- ---- ----, May, June, July, Aug., 1837, Prof. _Christie_, xxxiii, 300. ---- ---- ----, September 1839, xxxviii, 264. ---- ---- ----, May, 1840, xl, 338. ---- ---- in Prussia, _M. Feld_, February, 1835, xxxiv, 285. ---- ---- Oswer Zornea, December, 1736, _J. Bowdoin_, xviii, 74. ---- ---- in the U. States, 1741-1757, _J. Winthrop_, xl, 204, 205, 206. ---- ---- ----, November, 1789, Hingham, Mass., _H. Ware_, xxxiv, 204. ---- ---- ----, Aug., 1827, _B. D. Silliman_, xiv, 91. ---- ---- ----, ibid, _L. D. Gale_, xv, 199. ---- ---- ----, March, 1781, xiv, 96. ---- ---- ----, Sept., 1827, _J. Bowdoin_, xviii, 72. ---- ---- ----, 1827-1833, at Wilmington, Delaware, _H. Gibbons_, xxxiii, 299. ---- ---- ----, Sept., 1829, _L. Feuchtwanger_, xviii, 393. ---- ---- ----, July, 1830, _M. Field_, (Fayetteville, Vt.,) xx, 262. ---- ---- ----, March, 1831, _M. Field_, (Fayetteville, Vt.,) xx, 263.^f ---- ---- ----, April, 1831, Albany, _J. Henry_, xxii, 143. ---- ---- ----, May and July, 1833, _A. D. Bache_, xxvii, 113.^f ---- ---- ----, 1832-1834, N. Jersey, _J. F. Jenkins_, xxvi, 395, 396. ---- ---- ----, Nov., 1835, _D. Olmsted_, xxix, 388. ---- ---- ----, ibid, _A. C. Twining_, xxxii, 227. ---- ---- ----, April, 1836, Emmetsburg, Va., _J. McCaffrey_, xxxi, 85. ---- ---- ----, July, 1837, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiii, 144. ---- ---- ----, ibid, Rochester, N. Y., _C. Dewey_, xxxiii, 143. ---- ---- ----, Jan., 1837, _D. Olmsted_, xxxii, 176. ---- ---- ----, Nov., 1837, _D. Olmsted_, xxxiii, 393. ---- ---- ----, ibid, _F. A. P. Barnard_, xxxiv, 267. ---- ---- ----, July and August, 1837, Burlington, Vt., _J. Dean_, xxxiii, 212. ---- ---- ----, Feb., 1837, New Haven, xxxii, 396. ---- ---- ----, September, 1839, xxxvii, 375. ---- ---- ----, ibid, Rochester, _C. Dewey_, xxxviii, 146. ---- ---- ----, ibid, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxviii, 260. ---- ---- ----, ibid, Middlebury, Vermont, _A. C. Twining_, xxxviii, 376. ---- ---- ----, ibid, Princeton, N. J., _Prof. Alexander_, xxxix, 364. ---- ---- ----, May, 1840, _A. D. Bache_, xl, 48. ---- ---- ----, Nov., 1841, Marietta, Ohio, _S. P. Hildreth_, xlii, 346. ---- ---- ----, April, 1842, _E. C. Herrick_, xliii, 213. ---- ---- ----, May and Aug., 1844, New Haven, _E. C. Herrick_, xlviii, 319. ---- ---- in summer, Aug., 1827, xiv, 91; xv, 199. ---- ---- ----, Prof. Christie on, xxxiii, 300. ---- ---- ----, _E. C. Herrick's_ citations from Huxham's Auroral Register, xxxiii, 297. ---- ---- ----, ibid, from H. Gibbons's register, 1827-1833, xxxiii, 299. ---- ---- ----, from J. Winthrop's register, June, 1746, xl, 206. ---- ---- ----, Aug. 19, 1726, xxix, 388. ---- ---- ----, May, 1840, xl, 48, 338. ---- ---- ----, July, 1830, _M. Field_, xx, 262. ---- ---- ----, July, 1837, xxxiii, 143, 144, 212. ---- ---- ----, August, 1844, _E. C. Herrick_, xlviii, 319. ---- ---- corona, position of, in several auroras, _A. C. Twining_, xxxii, 227. ---- ---- ----, ----, _Prof. Alexander_, September, 1839, xxxix, 364. ---- ---- ----, ----, _D. Olmsted_, Jan., 1837, xxxii, 177. ---- ---- ----, ----, ibid, Nov., 1835, xxix, 389. ---- ---- ----, ----, _E. C. Herrick_, Sept., 1839, xxxviii, 260. ---- ---- ----, ----, _C. Dewey_, Sept., 1839, xxxviii, 147. ---- ----, needle agitated by, _M. Arago_, xiv, 107; xxxiv, 286. ---- ----, ---- ----, remarks on, xix, 246. ---- ----, ---- ----, Aug., 1827, _L. D. Gale_, xv, 199. ---- ----, ---- ----, Apr., 1831, _J. Henry_, xxii, 143. ---- ----, ---- ----, May and July, 1833, _A. D. Bache_, xxvii, 113. ---- ----, ---- ----, Feb., 1835, _M. Gauss_, xxxiv, 285. ---- ----, ---- ----, Nov., 1835, xxix, 390. ---- ----, ---- ----, April, 1836, _J. McCaffrey_, xxxi, 85. ---- ----, ---- ----, Jan., 1837, xxxii, 179. ---- ----, ---- ----, July, 1837, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiii, 146. ---- ----, ---- ----, Nov., 1837, _A. B. Haile_, xxxiv, 270. ---- ----, ---- ----, Sept., 1839, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxviii, 261. ---- ----, ---- ----, May, 1840, Canada, xl, 337. ---- ----, wide extent of some, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiii, 300. ---- ----, remarks on the number in Europe, xxviii, 58. ---- ----, remarks on the nature of, by the Ex-King of Sweden, v, 178. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _Thienemann_, x, 187. ---- ----, ----, ibid, xiv, 97; xvi, 290; xix, 235. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _Hansteen's_ views, xiv, 109. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _Ideler's_ views, xxviii, 289. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _J. Ross_, xxix, 348. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _B. F. Joslin_, attributing it to crystallized vapor, xxx, 390; xxxv, 145. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _F. A. P. Barnard_, xxxiv, 284. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _D. Olmsted_, xxxii, 180. ---- ----, ----, _Mr. Rowall's_ theory of, xli, 41. ---- ----, height of, _M. Mairan_, xxxiv, 288. ---- ----, ----, _M. Farquharson_, xxxiv, 288. ---- ----, ----, _D. Olmsted_, xxxiv, 286. ---- ----, ----, _M. Wartmann_, xxxiv, 288. ---- ----, ----, _M. Dalton_, xxxiv, 288. ---- ----, ----, _Dr. Richardson_ of Capt. Franklin's Expedition, xxxiv, 289. ---- ----, noises of, an illusion, _Capt. Scoresby_, xxviii, 58. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _D. Olmsted_, xxxiv, 289. ---- ----, periodical, _D. Olmsted_, xxxii, 177. ---- ----, no polarization by light of, _J. Henry_, xxxix, 366. ---- ----, work by _Mairan_, alluded to, xxix, 388; xxxii, 177.

Auroral cloud of Dec., 1835, _A. C. Twining_, height and position of,
xxxii, 217.

Auroral arch of Aug., 1836, _A. C. Twining_, height and position of, xxxii, 220. ---- ---- of May, 1836, height of, _A. C. Twining_, xxxii, 224. ---- ----, in Vermont, Sept., 1838, _J. Dean_, xxxv, 380. ---- belt of May, 1840, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxix, 194, 383.

Aurum Millium, a new metal, ii, 363.

Auscultation, iii, 375.

Australia, minerals of, _F. Alger_, xxxix, 157.^f

Australian Boomerang, or Kilee notice of, xxxvi, 164.^f

Autumnal coloration of leaves, _Macaire Prinsep's_ view of, xvi, 215.

Automolite, locality in Connecticut, xii, 156. ----, ---- New Jersey, v, 402.

Aventurine feldspar, _M. Scheerer_, xlix, 394.

_Avogadro_, elastic force of the vapor of mercury, xxiv, 286.

Axinite in Canada, viii, 62.

Azote, see Nitrogen.

B.

_Babbage, C._, on the decline of science in England, xx, 164. ----, fees of admission to learned societies of Britain, xx, 165. ----, list of men of science who have held offices under governments, xx, 172. ----, number of members of some societies, xx, 173. ----, calculating machine and constants of, xxviii, 64. ----, analytical engine of, xlvi, 205.

Babel, tower of, xxxvii, 352.

_Bache, A. D._, safety apparatus for steamboats, xx, 317.^f ----, disturbance of the needle during the aurora borealis, xxvii, 113.^f ----, on the meteors of Nov. 13, 1833 and 1834, xxix, 383. ----, influence of color on radiation, xxx, 16. ----, radiation and absorption of heat, specific heat, and apparatus for illustrating, xxviii, 320.^f ----, corresponding magnetic observations by, along with _Prof. Lloyd_ of Dublin, xli, 210. ----, effect of deflected current of air, on the results with a rain gauge, xxxv, 287. ----, appointed to the coast survey, xlvi, 213.

_Bachman, J._, on the migration of the birds of North America, xxx, 81.

_Bacon, Lord_, some notice of, _C. Fox_, xxxvi, 220.

_Baddely, F. H._, on the red color of the flame from strontian, xviii, 261. ----, a new instrument for taking specific gravities, xviii, 263.^f ----, on the sulphate of strontian of Kingston, U. C., and on the geology of the vicinity, xviii, 104. ----, buoyancy of boulders at great depths, xxviii, 111. ----, gold in Lower Canada, xxviii, 112. ----, water limerock of Quebec, xxviii, 113. ----, cement of the Castle Rock, Quebec, xxviii, 367.

_Baily's_ method of determining longitude, notice of, _E. Hitchcock_,
ix, 107.

_Bailey, J. W._, grasshoppers' legs, a substitute for frogs in galvanic experiments, xxxi, 292. ----, washing-bottles, forms of, xxxi, 292.^f ----, on the common blowpipe, xxxii, 319.^f ----, excursion to Mt. Katahdin, Me., xxxii, 20.^f ----, list of some plants in Maine, xxxii, 23. ----, new test for nitric acid, xxxii, 85.^f ----, locality of hyalite, xxxii, 87. ----, effect of a current of air on flame, xxxii, 88.^f ----, on the vascular system of ferns, xxxv, 113.^f ----, monstrous flower of Orchis spectabilis, xxxv, 117.^f ----, on yellow showers of pollen, xlii, 195.^f ----, on a curious fungus, Craterium pyriforme, xlii, 195. ----, on the crystals in the tissues of plants, xlv, 149; xlviii, 17.^f ----, fossil polythalamia from the upper Mississippi and Missouri, xli, 400.^f ----, ---- ----, in the U. States, xlviii, 340.^f ----, on fossil infusoria, in peat earth, West Point, N. Y., xxxv, 118.^f ----, infusoria of the family Bacillaria, xli, 284^f; xlii, 88^f; xliii, 321^f; localities, xliii, 328, 329.^f ----, ---- from Oregon, the Bermudas, Virginia and Maryland, with an extended catalogue, xlviii, 321.^f ----, ---- of New Haven harbor, xlviii, 337.^f ----, ---- of Charleston harbor, xlviii, 338.^f ----, ---- of N. Scotia, xlviii, 339. ----, ---- with bones of Mastodon, xlviii, 339. ----, ---- from Virginia, xlv, 313; xlvi, 137,^f 300; xlviii, 330. ----, ---- from Maryland, xlvi, 137^f; xlviii, 330.

_Baird, W. M._ and _S. F._, list of birds found near Carlisle, Penn., xlvi, 261. ----, two new species of Tyrannula, xlvi, 273.

_Baker, G._, vibrations of a mercurial pendulum, xlviii, 156.

Baking, a machine for accelerating fermentation of flour, ix, 198.

Balance, application of the principle of, to milking, churning, &c.,
_H. Strait_, xxvii, 92.^f

Balance beam, Patten's, ix, 92.^f

_Balande's_ collections of objects in natural history in Africa,
iv, 373.

_Baldwin, Wm._, two new species of Rottböllia, i, 355.

_Ball, J._, remarks upon the geology and features of the country west
of the Rocky Mountains, xxviii, 1.

Ball's cave, Schoharie, notice of, xxvii, 368.

Balloon with rarefied air, xii, 372. ----, effect of solar heat in raising, _J. Rae_, xxxiii, 196. ----, principles of aerial navigation, _H. Strait_, xxv, 15.^f ----, a means of making meteorological observations, xlii, 150. ----, observations during an ascent of, by _Eugene Robertson_, xii, 166, 325.

_Banks, J._, herbarium of, xl, 9.

Bare Hills, Maryland, _H. H. Hayden_, xxiv, 349.^f

Barium, extrication of, _R. Hare_, xxxvii, 267; xxxviii, 115; xxxix, 362. ----, method of preparing the deutoxide of, xvi, 395.

Bark, Peruvian, experiments on, by _G. W. Carpenter_, ix, 363.

Barlow, P., instruments for illustrating the effects of
electro-magnetism, v, 396.^f

_Barnard, F. A. P._, aurora borealis of Nov. 14, 1837, xxxiv, 267. ----, improvement in the Daguerrotype process, xli, 352.

_Barnes, D. H._, geological section of the Canaan Mt., N. Y., v, 8. ----, on some doubtful reptiles of North America, xiii, 66. ----, notice respecting magnetic polarity, xiii, 70. ----, ----, reply to, xiv, 121. ----, on the genera Unio and Alasmodonta, vi, 167,^f 258.^f ----, new species of Chiton, vii, 69.^f

Barometer, construction of, in America, _J. Green_, xxvii, 292. ----, new construction of, _J. L. Riddell_, xxvii, 223.^f ----, improvement of, _C. F. Durant_, xxvii, 97.^f ----, new form of, _J. H. Alexander_, xlv, 233.^f ----, new self-registering, xlix, 400. ----, effect of sound on, xxx, 377. ----, directions regarding, by _E. Mitchell_, xx, 364.^f ----, siphon, in determining the temperature of the mercury in, by observation, xl, 250.^f ----, water, constructed in London, xxiv, 198. ----, remarks on, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 129. ----, use of, at sea, _W. C. Redfield_, xxv, 198. ----, changes in the column, as connected with the progress of a storm, _W. C. Redfield_, xx, 45; xxv, 117; xxxi, 127; xxxiii, 262. ----, variations of, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxiii, 262. ----, ----, semi-diurnal, xxxiii, 263. ----, ----, from accumulation of atmospheric pressure owing to obstacles in the course of winds, xxxiii, 264. ----, oscillation of an extensive region in the higher or temperate latitudes, xxxiii, 264. ----, changes during a storm, _E. Loomis_, xl, 34. ----, ----, ibid, _J. P. Espy_, xxxix, 123. ----, ----, ibid, _M. Dové_, xliv, 315. ----, ----, remarks on, _W. S. W. Ruschenberger_, xxxiii, 345. ----, cause of the daily fluctuations of, _Espy_, xli, 42. ----, at the equator indicating time by its oscillations, ix, 195. ----, a substitute for, in measuring heights, _J. Robison_, xxxv, 294. ----, tube, filled with mercury without using an air pump, _Stevelly_, xxxviii, 109. ----, _Hudson's_ series of investigations with, xxiv, 393.

Barometrical observations at New York, for 1833, 1834, by _W. C. Redfield_, xxviii, 157; --for 1832 to 1837, xxxiv, 374; --for 1838, 1839, xxxviii, 325. ---- ----, at Western Reserve College, Sept.-Nov., 1838, _E. Loomis_, xxxvi, 166. ---- ----, at Hudson, Ohio, for 1838-1840, with remarks, _E. Loomis_, xli, 311. ---- ----, at Hudson, Ohio, 1841-44, _E. Loomis_, xlix, 266. ---- ----, at New Orleans, 1833-36, _Prof. Barton_, xxxi, 400. ---- ----, in Indiana, 1828, _D. D. Owen_, xxix, 294. ---- ----, at Montreal, for 1836, _J. S. M'Cord_, xxxiv, 208; --for 1837, xxxv, 382; --for 1838, xxxvi, 180. ---- ----, at St. John's, Newfoundland, 1834-38, xxxviii, 269. ---- ----, at Canton, China, 1829-38, xxxviii, 272. ---- ----, at St. Thomas, during a storm in August, 1837, xliv, 333. ---- ----, at Matanzas, 1835, _A. Mallory_, xxxi, 287. ---- ----, at San Fernando, Cuba, _J. H. Blake_, in 1840, xlii, 292. ---- ----, at sea, U. S. ship Peacock, _W. S. W. Ruschenberger_, xxxiii, 348. ---- ----, on a voyage from New York to Rio, 1834, xxix, 237. ---- ----, see farther, under _Meteorological observations_. ---- pressure, monthly maximum and minimum for the years 1833-34, at N. York, _W. C. Redfield_, xxviii, 159. ---- ----, mean and range of, at N. York, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxviii, 265, 266. ---- ----, mean and range of, at St. John's, Newfoundland, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxviii, 265, 266. ---- ----, mean of, at Montreal, for 1836-40, xli, 330. ---- ----, mean of, at Plymouth, England, xxxviii, 109. ---- ----, mean of, horary oscillation, &c., at Plymouth, England, _W. Snow Harris_, xliii, 369. ---- ----, comparison of, with pressure in India, &c., xliii, 371. ---- ----, mean of, at Perth, Scotland, xl, 342. ---- ----, mean and range of, at Malvern, in Worcestershire, xxxviii, 102. ---- ----, mean of, at Canton, China, _W. C. Redfield_, xxxviii, 267. ---- ----, mean of, in different parts of the world, _E. Loomis_, xli, 312. ---- ----, at the level of the Dead Sea, xlii, 214. ---- ----, minima of, Feb. 16-19, 1842, xlii, 403. ---- oscillations at Inverness contrasted with those at London, xliv, 158. ---- determination of heights, simple method of, _O. Byrne_, xliv, 12.^f ---- compensation of the pendulum, xlvi, 393.

Barrows, Indian, see _Mounds_.

_Barton, D. W._, geology of the Catskills, iv, 249.^f

_Barton, Prof._, meteorological register at N. Orleans, xxxi, 400.

_Bartlett, W. H. C._, experiments on the expansion and contraction of
building stones by changes of temperature, xxii, 136.^f

_Bartram, Wm._, notice of, _A. Gray_, xlii, 1.

Baryta, test for, iv, 372. ----, distinguished from strontia by means of chromate of potash, _J. L. Smith_, xxxvi, 183. ----, native carbonate of, see _Witherite_. ----, native sulphate of, see _Heavy spar_.

Basalt, analyses of, iv, 230. ----, characters of, xv, 32. ----, of the Caucasus range, xxxvii, 348.

Basaltic columns, in N. Jersey, v, 240. ---- rocks of the Labrador coast, _R. H. Bonnycastle_, xxx, 236.

Basilosaurus, xxvii, 354; xxxvii, 231. ----, named Zygodon, _R. Harlan_, xli, 179.

Basin of mines, Nova Scotia, minerals of, xv, 132.

Bath, Russian vapor, _T. S. Traill_, xxiii, 295.

Battery, galvanic, see _Electricity_.

Beaches, ancient, about Lake Huron, iii, 257. ----, ----, of Lake Ontario, _G. E. Hayes_, xxxv, 89. ----, elevated, of Canadian lakes, _C. Lyell_, xlvi, 314. ----, four, to the river Malbay, L. C., v, 221.

Bead manufactory at Venice, xxvii, 78.

_Beaufoy, M._, notice of a work on nautical and hydraulic experiments,
by, xxviii, 340.

_Beaumont, W._, experiments on the gastric juice, xxvi, 193; xxvii, 405.

_Beaumont, E. de_, observations on Etna, xxxi, 168.

Beaumontite from Baltimore, analysis of, _M. A. Delesse_, xlvii, 216. ---- ----, identical with Heulandite, _F. Alger_, xlvi, 233.^f ----, a crenato-silicate of copper, xxxvii, 398; xlvii, 337.

_Beche, H. F. de la_, classification of the European rocks by,
xviii, 26.

_Beck, J. B._, influence of salt storms on vegetation, i, 388.

_Beck, L. C._, contributions to the botany of Illinois and Missouri, x, 257; xi, 167; xiv, 112. ----, ferns and mosses of the U. States, xv, 287. ----, on the formation of phosphuretted hydrogen, xii, 294. ----, on the nature of the chlorides of soda, lime, xiv, 251.^f ----, on the office of nitrogen in respiration, xviii, 52. ----, on the commercial potash of N. York, xxix, 260. ----, researches on wines and other fermented liquors, xxviii, 42. ----, on the tornado or water-spout of New Brunswick, xxxvi, 115.^f ----, on the Eupyrchroite and Rensselaerite of Emmons, xl, 77. ----, notices of trap minerals in New Jersey and New York, xliv, 54.^f ----, on the occurrence of bituminous or organic matter in some N. York limestones and sandstones, xlv, 335. ----, remarkable example of force of expansion and contraction, xlv, 49. ----, on antediluvian climate, xlv, 144. ----, on igneous action, as deduced from the appearance of crystals, &c., in N. Y., xlv, 143; xlvi, 333.

_Beck, L. C._, and _E. Emmons_, description of a new moss, Grevilleanum
serratum, xi, 183.^f

_Beckwith, J._, dikes or natural walls in North Carolina, v, 1.

_Becquerel_, on combinations and crystallizations by the action of weak electric forces, xvii, 383. ----, crystallization of galena and other substances by galvanism, xxviii, 291. ----, electro-chemical reduction of metals, xxxi, 161.

Bed, made of crystal for the Shah of Persia, xv, 186.

Bees, honey, of America, _J. A. Vanden Heuvel_, iii, 79. ----, _Huber's_ observations on, xxiii, 120. ----, a notice of, _E. Burgess_, xxii, 164. ----, mode of taking swarms of, in Corsica, xxiii, 202. ----, parasite among, _M. Field_, xxv, 213.

Beets, large amount of alkali in, xv, 180. ----, nutriment for domestic animals, xxii, 200. ----, cultivation of, and manufac. of sugar, _M. Girardin_, xxiii, 392.

Beet sugar in France, vi, 388; xv, 394.

Belemnite, animal of, xlv, 403.

Belemnites americanus, xvii, 281; xviii, 249.^f ----, _Raspail's_ opinion, xvii, 184.

_Bell, J._, improved airpump receiver, xxviii, 353.^f

Bellows, theory of, _H. Strait_, xxvii, 88.^f ----, exploded by inflammable gas, xxiv, 182.

Bellows Falls, scenery of, vii, 12. ---- ----, granite of, vi, 11.

Belzoni's gift of two statues to Padua, v, 177.

_Benedict, A._, on the vegetation of the Ottawa and some of its
tributaries, xviii, 349.

_Benedict, Prof._, on conic sections, xxxi, 258.^f

_Benedict, F. N._, on determining the temperature of the mercury in
a siphon barometer, xl, 250.^f

Benzoyle, hydruret of, xlix, 194.

Benzoic acid, xxvi, 267; xlix, 194.

Benzoic compounds, researches on the radical of benzoic acid, _Wöhler_ and _Liebig_, xxvi, 261. ---- ----, benzoic acid, xxvi, 267. ---- ----, benzoin, xxvi, 279. ---- ----, benzamid, xxvi, 274. ---- ----, chlorobenzoyle, xxvi, 270, 277. ---- ----, cyanobenzoyle, xxvi, 273. ---- ----, iodobenzoyle, xxvi, 273. ---- ----, bromobenzoyle, xxvi, 272. ---- ----, hydrobenzoyle, xxvi, 270. ---- ----, bitter almond oil, xxvi, 263.^f ---- ----, formulas for, and the ethers, xxvi, 285.

_Bennet, E. T._, obituary notice of, xxxii, 215.

Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, geology of, viii, 1.

Berlin, notice of the city, xx, 389.

_Bertero, C._, Chilian plants, xix, 63, 299; xx, 248; xxiii, 78, 250.

Berthierite, xv, 386.

Beryl, broken crystal, xlvi, 366.^f ----, of Haddam, forms of crystals, viii, 395. ----, forms of crystals, _J. Johnston_, xl, 401.^f ----, ----, ibid, xlvi, 381.^f ---- of Acworth, N. H., _C. U. Shepard_, xvii, 355. ----, localities in Canada, viii, 61. ----, ---- in Connecticut, i, 242, 354; ii, 142; vi, 222; viii, 258; x, 206. ----, ---- in Delaware, xiv, 11. ----, ---- in Maine, xiii, 373; xviii, 291. ----, ---- in Mass., vi, 222; vii, 255; viii, 43; xii, 259; xiv, 219. ----, ---- in New Hampshire, xv, 358; xvii, 354. ----, ---- in New York, ix, 244. ----, ---- in Pennsylvania, iv, 39; viii, 236; x, 222; xiv, 3, 14. ----, ---- in R. Island, viii, 226; ix, 46.

_Berzelius, J. J._, on chemical nomenclature, xxii, 248. ----, on isomeric bodies, xxvi, 178. ----, on crenic and apocrenic acids, xxviii, 121. ----, on tellurium, xxviii, 137. ----, on Prout's hypothesis of atomic weights, xlviii, 369. ----, festival in honor of, xlvii, 218.

_Bevan, B._, notice of, xxxvii, 120.

_Bewick, T._, notice of the works of, xxxvii, 158.

_Bidard_, analysis of guano, xlviii, 181.

Big Bone Lick, bones of, xviii, 139. ---- ---- ----, report on, xx, 370.

_Bigelow, J._, forwardness of the spring in the U. S., i, 76. ----, documents and remarks respecting the sea serpent, ii, 147.

_Bigsby, J, J._, on the environs of Carthage bridge near the mouth of the Genesee river, ii, 250.^f ----, geology and mineralogy of the N. W. portion of Lake Huron, iii, 254. ----, outline of the mineralogy and geology of Malbay, L. C., v, 205.^f ----, minerals and organic remains in Canada, viii, 60.

Bile, analysis of, xviii, 162. ----, test for, _M. Pettenkoffer_, xlix, 206.

_Binney, A._, climate of the post-pleiocene period of the U. States,
xlvii, 259.

Binomial theorem, demonstration of, _T. Strong_, xii, 132. ---- ----, _D. Gould_, xix, 50.

_Biot_, optical properties of saccharine juices, xxiv, 379. ----, views on auroras, xxv, 357.

Biotine, xi, 264,^f [anorthite.]

Birch, white, chemical examination of the bark of, _O. Mason_, xx, 282.

Birds, songs of, innate, xxi, 164. ----, remarks on the notes of, x, 390. ----, gigantic struthoid from New Zealand, xliv, 417; xlv, 185; xlviii, 194; xlix, 219, 403. ---- of N. America, on the migration of, _J. Bachman_, xxx, 81. ----, see farther under _Zoology_. ---- nests, large, of New Holland, xlvii, 217, 312; xlviii, 61. ---- tracks, see _Footprints_.

Births of male and female children, comparative number of, in France,
xiv, 372.

_Bischof, G._, natural history of volcanoes and earthquakes, xxxvi, 230^f; xxxvii, 41.^f ----, elevations from earthquakes, xxxvi, 273; xxxvii, 49.

Bismuth, native, Huntington, Ct., i, 316; vi, 210. ----, expansion of, on cooling, xxi, 371. ----, new sulphurets of, _W. W. Mather_, xxiv, 189, 196. ----, disulphuret of, _W. W. Mather_, xxvii, 264. ----, fusible alloy of, xxi, 371. ----, carbonate of, analysis of, xviii, 391. ---- cobalt ore, analysis of, xiii, 187.

Bitter-spar, in Massachusetts, i, 137, 343; ii, 236. ----, in Maryland, v, 256. ----, in R. Island, iv, 285. ----, in Vermont, v, 272; xvii, 353.

Bitterness of vegetables, _M. Guillemin_, xxiv, 273.

Bitumen in stones, xii, 147. ---- or petroleum oil spring of Allegany Co., N. Y., xxiii, 97. ---- in the valley of the Little Kenawha, xxix, 86; valley of the Kenawha, 121; of Sandy river, 129. ---- in N. Jersey, xxxvi, 114. ---- from Barbadoes, v, 406. ---- of Africa, i, 147. ----, elastic, of France and England, xiv, 371.

Bituminized wood in the recent era, _W. M. Carpenter_, xxxv, 345; xxxvi, 118.^f ---- ----, partly silicified, Texas, xxxvii, 216.

Bituminous or organic matter in the N. York limestones, _L. C. Beck_, xlv, 335. ---- coal; see _Coal_.

Black lead; see _Graphite_.

Black mountain, Vt., geology of, vi, 7.

Black sea, anal. of waters of, xx, 188. ---- ----, height of, above the Caspian, xl, 320. ---- ----, on the shores of, xxxii, 399.

Blacking, preparation of, xiii, 163.

Blagden, Sir Charles, obituary notice of, ii, 344.

_Blake, E. W._, on the forms of cog-wheels, vii, 86.^f ----, blasting rocks, xvii, 134.^f ----, theory of the resistance of fluids, xxix, 274; xxx, 359.

_Blake, J. H._, meteorological observations in 1840, at San Fernando, Cuba, xlii, 292. ----, coal mines of Cuba, xlii, 388. ----, geological and miscellaneous notices of the province of Tarapaca, xliv, 1.^f

Blanc, Mt., journey up, _J. Van Rensselaer_, ii, 1.

Blasting of rocks, danger and remedies, xvii, 132.^f ---- ----, an improved method of, by firing several blasts at once, with a Leyden jar, xvi, 372.^f ---- ----, by using as a plug, a cone of wood, _E. W. Blake_, xvii, 134.^f ---- ----, on the premature explosion of powder in, xix, 199. ---- ----, by galvanism, _R. Hare_, xxi, 139; xxvi, 352^f; xxxviii, 188. ---- ---- ----, _H. K. G. Morgan_, xxxviii, 33.

Bleaching, remarks on, xv, 64. ---- oils, xlvii, 196. ---- powder, see _Chloride of lime_.

Blende, in Canada, viii, 76. ----, in Connecticut, v, 41, 44; xxxiii, 162. ----, in Massachusetts, i, 437; vi, 201. ----, in N. Hampshire, xxxiv, 114. ----, in N. Jersey, v. 30. ----, in N. York, viii, 249; ix, 244. ----, western states, iii, 63.

Blind, New England asylum for, xxiv, 175.

Blind fish, from a cave in Ky., _J. Wyman_, xlv, 94.

Blood, remarks on the circulating system, xxviii, 79. ----, rapidity of the circulation of, xvi, 388. ----, new mode of analyzing, _L. Figuier_, xlix, 201. ----, coloring matter of, xix, 381. ----, on the iron in, xv, 169. ----, manganese in, xxi, 370. ----, gases contained in, and on respiration, _G. Magnus_, xxxv, 198. ----, peculiar principle of, xviii, 148. ----, mode of preserving, xxi, 370. ---- of a dog, Filariæ in, xlv, 228.

_Bloodgood, S. D._, on the Hudson and Mohawk railroad, xxi, 141.

Blowing machinery of a furnace, investigations respecting, by _A. B. Quinby_, xii, 128. ---- ----, phenomenon exhibited by, xiii, 395; xiv, 395. ---- ----, ibid, explanation of, xv, 362.^f

Blowpipe, common, _J. W. Bailey_, xxxii, 319.^f ----, simplified, xvii, 163. ----, mineral supports, ix, 201. ----, reaction of fluxes with metallic oxides, xxxii, 323. ----, new, _J. Green_, iv, 164.^f ----, alcoholic, improved, _R. Hare_, vii, 110.^f ----, compound, of _R. Hare_, i, 97; ii, 281.^f ----, ----, fusion of refractory substances by, iii, 87. ----, ----, hydrogen burned in water by, v, 347 _bis_. ----, ----, experiments with, on diamond, anthracite and graphite, vi, 349. ----, ----, mouth for, xxxv, 187. ----, ----, large mass of platina fused by, _R. Hare_, xxxiii, 195. ----, ----, a form of, xi, 142.^f ----, Clarke's, strictures on an account of, ii, 281.^f ----, hydrostatic, _R. Hare_, xi, 135.^f ----, chloro-hydrogen, xvii, 211.

Boat, iron, iii, 371.

Boiling point of water, different in vessels of different material, xlvii, 190. ---- ----, of liquids, ii, 361.

Bog ore, see under _Iron ore_.

Boletus igniarius analogous to animal substances, _A. Eaton_, vi, 177.

Bolles's trigonometer, ix, 401.^f

Bolton limestone quarry and its minerals, vii, 52.

Bombay, geology of the province of the Deccan, xxxiii, 274. ----, climate of the province of the Deccan, xxxiii, 275.

Bone, strength of, xiii, 189. ----, gelatine from, i, 170; xxii, 369. ----, used for soups, &c., x, 388; xvii, 169.

Bones of the Kirkdale caverns, viii, 158, 317. ----, in caves, in England, ii, 144; viii, 158, 317; xxxi, 341; xxxiii, 106; xxxv, 304. ----, ----, in France, xxi, 56; xxiii, 388. ----, ----, in Germany, viii, 319, 321. ----, ----, in N. Holland, xx, 380. ----, ----, in Canada, ix, 354. ----, ----, on the Susquehannah, xxxix, 399. ----, fossil, in the red sandstone of the Connecticut valley, ii, 146; vi, 43. ----, ----, in France, vi, 199; xiv, 203; xx, 382. ----, ----, human, skull of Guadaloupe, xxxii, 361. ----, ----, ----, in S. America, xliv, 277. ----, ----, ----, in Upper Saxony, v, 171. ----, ----, see farther under _Fossil_ and under _Zoology_. ----, fluorine in, xlvii, 131, 419. ----, ----, _C. Daubeny_, xlviii, 187. ----, ----, source of, _J. L. Smith_, xlviii, 99. ----, comparative composition of recent and fossil, xlviii, 186.

Bonnets, Italian, material and manufacture of, iv, 166.

_Bonnycastle, R. H._, on the transition rocks of the Cataraqui, xviii, 85; xx, 74^f; xxiv, 97^f; xxx, 233.^f ----, earthquakes near the Saguenay, xxx, 236. ----, halo, solar, seen at Kingston, xxx, 136.

_Bonnycastle_, explanation of a collapse of a reservoir, (_Dr. Hare's_,)
xl, 32.
----, effect of instantaneous, as compared with accumulative, pressure,
xl, 32.

_Bonpland_, in S. America, iv, 197.

Books and memoirs of 1833, number of, xxviii, 295. ---- of France per year, as compared with those of Germany, xviii, 185. ----, noticed, see _Works_.

Boomerang of Australia, xxxvi, 164.^f

_Booth, J. C._, on the white nickel of Riechelsdorf, in Hessia, xxix, 241. ----, analysis of ores from Davidson Co., N. C., xli, 348.